William E. Duellman Curator Emeritus Division of Herpetology Natural History Museum & Biodiversity Research Center 1345 Jayhawk Blvd.—Dyche Hall The University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas 66045-7561 Phone: (785) 864-2360 FAX: (785) 864-5335 E-mail: duellman@KU.edu
	EDUCATION: 1956 Ph.D., University of Michigan RESEARCH INTERESTS: Although broadly interested in biology of amphibians, much of my research centers on systematic studies of Neotropical amphibians and reptiles, principally frogs of the families, Centrolenidae, Dendrobatidae, Hemiphractidae, Hylidae, and Leptodactylidae. In addition I am working on the evolution of marsupial frogs and their allies with special emphasis on the diverse reproductive modes. I also study herpetofaunal assemblages in the neotropics. These endeavors commonly have been in collaboration with European and South American colleagues. SELECTED PUBLICATIONS: Heinicke, M. P., W. E. Duellman, and S. B. Hedges. 2007. Major Caribbean and Central American frog faunas originated by ancient oceanic dispersal. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 104:10092–97. Duellman, W. E., and K. Adler. 2007. The evolution of amphibian systematics: and historical perspective. Pp. 2407–2435 in H. Heatwole (ed.). Amphibian Biology, Vol. 7. Chipping Norton, Australia: Surrey Beatty & Sons. Duellman, W. E.2007. Amphibian life histories: their utilization in phylogeny and classification. Pp. 2843–2892 in H. Heatwole (ed.). Amphibian Biology, Vol. 7. Chipping Norton, Australia: Surrey Beatty & Sons. Duellman, W. E., and E. Lehr. 2007. Frogs of the genus Eleutherodactylus (Leptodactylidae) in the Cordillera Occidental in Peru with descriptions of three new species. Scientific Papers Natural History Museum University of Kansas 39:1–13. Wiens, J. J., C. A. Kuczynski, W. E. Duellman, and T. W. Reeder. 2007. Loss and re-evolution of complex life cycles in marsupial frogs: Does ancestral trail reconstruction mislead? Evolution 61:1886–1899. Coloma, L. A., S. Lötters, W. E. Duellman, and A. Miranda-Leiva. 2007. A taxonomic revision of Atelopus pachydermus, and description of two new (extinct?) species of Atelopus from Ecuador (Anura: Bufonidae).Zootaxa 1557: 1-32. Duellman, William E., and S. Blair Hedges.  2005.  Eleutherodactyline Frogs (Anura: Leptodactylidae) from the Cordillera Yanachaga in Central Peru.  Copeia 2005, No. 3, pp. 520–538. Duellman, William E., and Jörn Köhler. 2005. New species of marsupial frog (Hylidae: Hemiphractinae: Gastrotheca) from the Yungas of Bolivia. Journal of Herpetology, Vol. 39, No. 1, pp. 91–100. Duellman, William E. 2005. Cusco Amazónico: The lives of amphibians and reptiles in an Amazonian Rainforest. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press, pp. xv+433, 236 plates. Duellman, William E. 2004. Frogs of the genus Colostethus (Anura; Dendrobatidae) in the Andes of northern Peru. Scientific Papers, Natural History Museum, University of Kansas, No. 35, pp. 1–49 Duellman, William E., Edgar Lehr, Daniel Rodríguez, and Rudolf von May. 2004. Two new species of marsupial frogs (Anura: Hylidae: Gastrotheca) from the Cordillera Oriental in northern Peru. Scientific Papers, Natural History Museum, University of Kansas, No. 32, pp. 1–10. Lehr, Edgar, César Aguilar, and William E. Duellman. 2004. A striking new species of Eleutherodactylus from Andean Peru (Anura: Leptodactylidae). Herpetologica, Vol. 60, No. 2, pp. 275–280. Hutchins, Michael, William E. Duellman, and Neil Schlager (Editors). 2003. Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia, 2 nd Edition, Vol. 6, Amphibians. Farmington Hills, Michigan: Gale Group. Pp. xvi+507. Duellman, William E., and J. Celsa Señaris. 2003. A new species of glass frog (Anura: Centrolenidae from the Venezuelan Guayana. Herpetologica, Vol. 59, No. 2, pp. 247–252. Duellman, W. E. 2003. An overview of anuran phylogeny, classification, and reproductive modes. Pp. 1–19 in B. G.M. Jamieson (Ed.) Reproductive Biology and Phylogeny of Anura. Enfield, New Hampshire, U.S.A.: Science Publishers, Inc. Ron, Santiago, William E. Duellman, Luis A. Coloma, and Martín R. Bustamente. 2003. Population decline of the Jambato Toad Atelopus ignescens (Anura: Bufonidae) in the Andes of Ecuador. Journal of Herpetology, Vol. 37, No. 1, pp. 116–126. Duellman, William E., Edgar Lehr, and César Aguilar. 2001. A new species of marsupial frog (Anura: Hylidae: Gastrotheca) from the Cordillera Azul in Peru. Scientific Papers, Natural History Museum, University of Kansas, No. 22:1–10. Duellman, William E. 2001. Hylid Frogs of Middle America. Ithaca, New York: Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, pp. xvi+1159, 92 plates. Campbell, Jonathan A., and William E. Duellman. 2000. New species of stream-breeding hylid frogs from the northern versant of the highlands of Oaxaca, Mexico. Scientific Papers, Natural History Museum, University of Kansas, No. 16, pp. 1–28. Duellman, William E. 2000. Leptodactylid frogs of the genus Phrynopus in northern Peru with descriptions of three new species. Herpetologica, Vol 56, No. 3, pp. 273–285. SELECTED PRESENTATIONS: 2001 Life in the Rainforest: An Amazonian Herpetofauna. Seminar Series, National Zoological Park, Washington, D.C. 2001 The American Tropics: World's Greatest Diversity of Frogs. Keynote Address, International Amphibian Day, Baltimore Maryland. 2002 Arboreal swamps: condominiums for neotropical anurans. Joint Herpetological Meetings (ASIH, HL, SSAR) - Kansas City, Missouri. The search for El Dorado: The Neotropical herpetofauna. Distinguished Herpetologist Presentation atJoint Ichthyological and Herpetological Meetings, Manaus, Brazil (2003). Resource utilization in an Amazonian frog community. Symposium on Amazonian Anurans at Joint Ichthyological and Herpetological Meetings, Manaus, Brazil (2003).